Car-fender-operating means.



H. A. BOCKER.

CAR.FENDER OPERATlNG MEANS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 9, 1918.

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H. A. BOCKER.

CAR FENDER OPERATRNG MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-9. 191s.

Patented Apr. 15, L919.

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OABFEENDEB-OPERATING MEANS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMENIA A. BOOKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie, State of New York, U. S. A,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fender-Operating Means, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to car fender oper' ating means.

The object of the invention is toxprovide means for operating a carfender, 'which when not in operation will be out of the'way. V Afurtherobject of the invention is tozprovide means for operating a carfender, which can be easily controlled bya, motorm'an.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of theparts and the construction of parts as hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a view showing a front section of the underneath part of acar, with my Fig. 3 is one of the cross members of the fender.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of one of the runways for the fender.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of. a section of the fender and runway.

Fig. 6 is the same as Fig. 2, only showing fender down.

Fig. 7 is a front perspective view of a car, with the fender down.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line C-C of Fig. 5.

1 designates the car in general and 2 the truck, mounted on the set ofwheels 3. 4 is a set of runway members having one end bent to fit andrivet to the truck 2. 5 is the runway in each of the members 4. 6 is thefender. This fender 6 may have any desired style of netting over it. Themain frame 7 is all one piece bent so that the ends 8 come on theinside. These ends are provided with orifices 9. 10 are the side flangesof the main frame 7, through which the pins 11 pass. The pins 11 act asaxles for the small wheels 12. The wheels 12 are in two pairs, one pairon each side of the fender and are adapted to run in the runway 5.

. pplication filed September 9,1918. SeriaI N0- The wheel on the outerside is located just at the angle point when the runway 5 turns apair'of endsto the front of the truck 2; 16 I is a series of cros smembers having threaded ends and caps 17 screwed thereon. Each of thesecaps 17 has anorifice 18. The cross members 16 are rigi'dly fastenedtogether by Specification of-Letters Patent. Patented 1531 919,

means of the members19 which extend at bers form a carriage to operateon bar members 15. The members19 each'has its front end fastened toaim]: 28, which link "at- 20 is a pull-bar, runningparallel to and at anequal distance from eachof the mem- 'bers 19. I The pull-bar 20 isriveted or otherwise attached to the cross members 16. The outer end ofpull-bar 20 is hooked through an orifice in a link 21, which link 21 isattached to member 22.

22 is the member which is bent so as to join link 21 to a link 23. Link23 is attached to the end of the controller 24. Contr0ller24 extends upthrough the floor of the gar and is provided with any suitable han- 1e.a cog wheel 25 and a dog 26.

Controller 24 is further provided with right angles to cross'membens16and which 'members notch into each other at the crossing'points- It willbe seen that these jmem- Having thus described the various parts of myinvention, I will now explain its operation.

The fender 6 is normally held in the position as shown in Fig. 2, thefender 6 being under the front part of the car. It is held in thisposition until required to be dropped. To drop the fender all themotor-man is required to do is to kick the dog 26 out of contact withthe cog wheel 25. When this is done the fender 6 will by gravity go downthe runway 5. As stated before one pair of the wheels 12 is positionedon the angle when the fender 6 is up and thus it will be seen that thereis a great tendency for gravity to act as the front side of the fenderis suspended.

the carriage which is made of the members 19 and 20'and cross members 16secured together, forward.

The runway 5 may be of any length so as to allow the fender etc drop toany desired pulled out or pushed back in place.

The said carriage is attached to the fender 6 y me ns of th l nks 28;Thu it Will be :seen that the controller 24 will operate the fender, inlowering or raising.

. From he oreg ing -p o 1t 1 ht an o v ou tha a ar ender perati g meansconstructed in accordance ith my in entm is of an remely i ple andcomparatively inexpensive nature and is particular y well adap ed f ruse by reason of the convenience and facility with w ic it may e -a em eand it w l also be obv u t a my n en i n s sus ep b of some change andmodification without material departure from the Principles and spiritthereof .and for thisreason I donot p 91 thi pate may b obta ned t wishto be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement andformation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my inventionin practice. 7

What I claim as new is 1, A car fender operating means, consist- "ing ofa slidably mounted carriage, adapted to work on bar members attached toa car truck, a controller, being provided with a cog wheel and dog, saidcontroller being connected with said'sl'idably mounted carriage, saidcarriage being connected with a tender, r nway a ached to id ca tr ck, pir of small wheels attached to said tender and adap e to cpc n's u ay 2.A car fender operating means, consisting of a id b y mount d arriag armembers attached to a car truck, said carriage being adapted to beoperated back and fort on s d her m mb rs, a dar i g being connected toa fender, said carriage being connected to a controller, said controllerbeing adapted to extend through the floor of a car, said controllerbeing provided wi h a we eel and og, ru ways a t to Sides of ar tr ck, pirs' ee ad p ed to be mounted on a fender; said wheels being adapted tooperate in said runways.

In testimony whereof I "my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HERMENIA BQCKER.

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.FLORENCE A. WARREN,

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